Different chemical compositions of glasses and the individual characteristics of their reaction with zirconium-containing refractories are examined. When such refractories are used for lining glass-melting furnaces, it is necessary to consider the chemical compositions of the glass which will be melted in these furnaces.The following factors that act simultaneously and together affect corrosion of refractories, including zirconiumcontaining refractories, in the glass-melting furnace: quality of the refractory (chemical and mineral compositions, structure, properties); design of the glass-melting furnace; characteristics of the heat insulation; output of the furnace; arrangement of the refractories in the furnace; type and distribution of fuel over the volume of the furnace;temperature-time conditions of melting; intensity of exchange of the glass melt in the furnace (dependence on outputs, convective flows, presence of supplementary electric heating, bubbling, etc.); stability of manufacturing process; redox conditions of melting; type of raw materials and impurities in them; redox potential (ORP) of raw materials; characteristics of new types of raw material; batch composition and ORP; batch : cullet ratio concentration and type of auxiliary raw materials; volatility of the components of the glass; chemical composition, acid-base character, and ORP of the glass.All of these factors are examined to some degree in [1 -10].The chemical composition, acid-basic character, and ORP of the glass are especially important in corrosion of refractories, including zirconium-containing refractories.We do not claim completeness in discussing the problem here due to the large number of studies in this area and the ambiguity of interpreting the results, but we believe it useful to direct the attention of process engineers in the refractories field and glass process engineers to the complexity of this problem, which is a function of the quality of the refractories, the variety of the glass compositions, their tendency to constantly vary, including the initial raw materials.If we consider the glass compositions, there is almost no element in the periodic table which has not been "dropped in" the composition of glass. Rare-earth, heavy elements, halogens, and even gaseous components (N, H, S, F, and others) incorporated in the structure of the glass can be found in glass compositions. For this reason, the variety of glass compositions is much larger than the assortment of refractory materials suitable for quality glass melting, although most industrial glass production is for sheet glass and bottle glass (OST 21-51-82) which have similar chemical compositions (Table 1).Zirconium refractories belong to the acid class, since SiO 2 and ZrO 2 have acid properties, while Al 2 O 3 has amphoteric properties. For this reason, the zirconium refractory is most stable in alkali-free and low-alkali glasses, i.e.,